Greg ,I like it. I basically said the same thing in my e-mail to Edward. I was never told that we had to have a hard copy waiver signed & returned to the route owner before the ride.
 
And I also mentioned the lack of uniformity between the route owners on his issue. Essential ,we're being penalized for their lack of consistency on the waiver issue. Fix this & we wouldn't be discussing this right now ,especially when this issue occurred last year.

I found this older post of LSR's forum(dated Jan 3,2008) from Bill Fox regarding this subject.
 
 
 
Subject: Guidelines for the New Year on my Permanents
 
There's been quite a flurry of discussion lately on the RUSA list for
Permanent owners and RBAs regarding waivers and liability.  With the
start of the New Year and the recent introduction of Jorge's most
excellent Texas Permanent Clearinghouse Website (http://colourprep.com/
cycling/perms/index.php), I thought the time was right to clearly
communicate my expectations for those wishing to participate in the
Permanents I manage.
 
#1 - All participants must be a current RUSA member.  I will not
accept requests from those with "pending" memberships.  My routes are
available all year, so there's plenty of time to ride them once you
have (or re-activate) your membership.  If you ride with a group, it
is in your interest to ensure everyone has a current RUSA number.
Should I happen to discover that a non-RUSA member rode with the
group, I will disqualify the entire group.
 
#2 - I will be STRICTLY following RUSA's Rules for Riders and RUSA's
Rules for Permanent Riders. It is my understanding that RUSA currently
only requires one receipt per group as proof of passage. If you arrive
at a control with a group and do NOT get a receipt, you must indicate
on your card who will have the receipt for that control.  If you
arrive solo at a control and lose that receipt, consider it training
mileage.  Also, please note that I must receive completed Permanent
cards within 10 days of completion.
 
#3 - I will now require having a physical waiver in hand from each
rider BEFORE the start of the ride.  Waivers for all my routes are
available at the Texas Permanents Website, as well as the Files
section (http://groups.google.com/group/Talk2LSR/files) of this
Group.  I am also quite happy to send one upon request.  There were
too many times last year when the waiver for the group was not
returned promptly, risking the validation for everyone.
 
#4 - I will assess the $5 ride fee UNLESS you agree to the following:
     a.  You will be responsible for printing the cue sheet and
control card I send you.
     b.  You include a self addressed, stamped envelope so that I can
promptly return your validated card.
 
I fully expect there will be some that find the above expectations
unduly harsh, restrictive, and unfair.  Believe it or not, I'm
somewhat sympathetic to that viewpoint.  However, as the region that
has the most Permanent participation in RUSA (in 2007, of the ~1500
Permanents Results reported to RUSA, LSR rode ~425, nearly 4 times as
many as any other club), I think it is incumbent upon us to set a
standard that is above reproach and can deliver results that can
withstand the closest scrutiny.
 
I'm happy to address any questions or concerns.   Please know that my
intent is not to make it difficult to ride one of my permanents, but
to guarantee the validity of it once you finish.
 
Bill

Nelson , now that's what I call a smoking gun. I understand Edward Robinson is an attorney. Let's put that e-mail that you posted in context he could understand.
 
 
Nelson says in court..."Mr Counselor .,let me present Exhibit "A"(his e-mail to Bill Fox) !!   The judge's gavel slams down "Case closed"! "The state awards Mr. Ralls ,etal $1 million in compensatory damages"(sorry ,I got carried away with the last paragraph).

Yes. Thanks to  Nelson & Ray for their help in this matter.  I want to say a lot more about the route owner ,but why bother? I just won't ride his routes. This is water under the bridge.